Paul
Bergstrom

5.15.18 - Creighton commit. Currently ranked No. 108 in Illinois’ Class of 2018. 6-foot, 180-pound athletic left-handed pitcher. Long arm action, quick arm speed from over-the-top slot. Tall and fall delivery, works on-line with home. Threw a high volume of strikes and showed good command of fastball and slider. Fastball, running action, kept at the knees down, 85-86 in the first, 82-83 in the sixth. Slider, advanced feel for, hard, tight action, went inside and out with, 74-75. Relied heavily on slider. Against Carmel finished with a final line of: 6 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 5 SO, 2 BB. At one point retired 11 straight batters.

3.19.17 - Verbally committed to Creighton.

3.18.17 - 6-foot-1, 175-pound left-handed pitcher. On the mound works from an over the top arm angle with a long, quick arm action. Tall and fall delivery working in line with home plate, closed landing with good balance though out. Fastball sat 80-82 mph with downhill plane. Slider is best secondary offering at 72-74 mph, thrown aggressively with sharp breaking action. Worked three innings striking out six.  

1.17.16 - Average build 5-foot-11, 165-pound left-handed pitcher.  Plus command of all three pitches. Worked with a short arm action out of a high ¾ slot. Showed the ability to repeatedly drop his curveball in for strikes.  Curveball had depth, mixed between 12/6 and 1/7 shape, sat 61-62 mph. Spotted his fastball which featured slight run, clocked at 77-79 mph. Also flashed a changeup for strikes, with arm speed and sat 70-71 mph. Currently a high pitch-ability lefty to keep an eye moving forward.

7.15.15 - 5-foot-10, 145 pound left-handed pitcher. Came out of the bullpen on Sunday morning at Benedictine University. High 3/4 arm slot. Quick, clean, loose arm; Athletic delivery; On-line finish with good use of his lower half. Pounds the zone with the fastball and commanded it to both sides of the plate. Showed feel for three pitches. Continued to get better as the game went on. Fastball sat 76-78 mph and touched 79 twice. Fastball had some life and slight arm side run. Threw his curveball at 59-60 mph. Had 1/7 action with gradual break. Only threw a couple of change-ups which sat 63-66 mph with slight fade; Slowed arm action on the change-up but had good feel for the pitch. Given his lean build, athletic delivery and quick arm his velocity should climb as his body fills out and he adds strength.